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• Spokane man, son face drug charges

  February 19, 2010 in City Police arrested a 20-year-old Spokane man and his father Thursday on suspicion of selling marijuana to high school students in northwest Spokane.

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  Father and son suspected of selling pot to students

  February 18, 2010 in City Police arrested a 20-year-old Spokane man and his father today on suspicion of selling marijuana to high school students in northwest Spokane. 7

• Wash. Senate allows more to OK medical marijuana

  February 5, 2010 in City More medical professionals will be allowed to authorize the use of medical marijuana for qualified patients under a measure approved by the Washington state Senate. 4

• Singer of true substance always takes the high road

  February 2, 2010 in City on Page A5 Reforming America’s pot laws has a good buzz going. Medical marijuana, for example, has broad popular support among the ill-and-achy baby boomer masses. 2

• Drug arrest details emerge

  January 30, 2010 in City on Page B2 Before he was sentenced last year, a former Bayview, Idaho, contractor now serving time in federal prison for selling marijuana helped federal drug agents bust a once-prominent Coeur d’Alene insurance …

• Hearing reveals that contractor helped bust Carlson

  January 29, 2010 in Idaho Before he was sentenced last year, a former Bayview, Idaho, contractor now serving time in federal prison for selling marijuana helped federal drug agents bust a once-prominent Coeur d’Alene insurance … 1

• Businessman was leader of drug ring

  January 23, 2010 in City on Page B1 Several Spokane businesses were fronts for a multimillion-dollar marijuana distribution ring busted after a four-year investigation that involved tens of thousands of taped phone calls and a car crash that …

• Committee put early stop to marijuana proposals

  January 21, 2010 in City on Page A12 OLYMPIA – Efforts to legalize or decriminalize marijuana use in Washington may have been snuffed out Wednesday as a House committee refused to send either proposal to the floor. A … 4

• House committee rejects two marijuana bills

  January 20, 2010 in City Efforts to legalize or decriminalize marijuana use in Washington may have been snuffed out Wednesday as a House committee refused to send either proposal to the floor. 4

• Pot hearing draws crowd

  January 14, 2010 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – While the Legislature wrestles with a huge budget shortfall that generates hearings on everything from closing state institutions to raising college tuition, the most heavily attended hearing Wednesday …

• Legislators weigh legalizing marijuana v. decriminalizing it

  January 13, 2010 in City While the Legislature wrestles with a huge budget shortfall that forces hearings on everything from closing state institutions to raising college tuition, the most heavily attended hearing Wednesday involved a … 17

• Smart Bombs: Be blunt about pot law

  January 13, 2010 in Opinion on Page A15 Washington state’s medicinal marijuana law is dopey. It is legal to have a certain amount of pot with a doctor’s prescription, but the police might bust you for obtaining or … 7

• California panel OKs legal pot plan

  January 13, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A proposal to legalize and tax marijuana in California was approved by a key committee of the Assembly on Tuesday, but it is not expected to get …

• Initiative would legalize marijuana

  January 12, 2010 in City on Page A7 SEATTLE – Five activists filed a ballot initiative Monday that would legalize all adult marijuana possession, manufacturing and sales under Washington state law – one of the most sweeping efforts … 4

• Wash. activists file initiative to legalize pot

  January 11, 2010 in Region Five activists have filed a ballot initiative that would legalize all adult marijuana possession in Washington state. 18

• Details emerge on international drug ring with Spokane ties

  January 10, 2010 in City on Page B1 An international drug ring that led to a young man’s suicide in the Spokane County Jail was headed by four Canadian men, authorities allege, one of whom offered to cooperate … 3

• Canadian drug ring details emerge

  January 9, 2010 An international drug ring that led to a young man’s suicide in the Spokane County Jail was headed by four Canadian men, authorities allege, one of whom offered to cooperate … 3

• Report on teen drug use offers a mixed outlook

  December 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 The federal government’s annual report of alcohol and drug abuse by children seems reassuring: Compared with recent years, marijuana use is down in 2009, use of hallucinogens is way down …

• Student pot use rises in CdA, falls in Spokane

  December 15, 2009 in City on Page A1 Coeur d’Alene teens smoked more marijuana last year than they did in 2006, a contrast to a trend revealed in statistics released Monday in a federal survey about the drug … 1

• Drug runner gets six-year sentence

  December 3, 2009 in City on Page A6 A drug runner arrested in the investigation of a smuggling ring that used helicopters to fly marijuana, cocaine and other narcotics throughout the region was sentenced during a secret proceeding … 1

• Drug runner sentenced in closed proceedings, attorney says

  December 2, 2009 in City A drug runner arrested in an investigation of a smuggling ring that used helicopters to fly marijuana, cocaine and other narcotics throughout the region reportedly was sentenced during a secret … 2

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  Drug web snagged many

  November 29, 2009 in City on Page B1 Snow covered the ground and the wind howled furiously as a young Canadian man approached the Colville National Forest, piloting a helicopter packed with marijuana. Federal agents say Samuel Jackson … 1

• Pilot’s story sought for big, small screens

  November 29, 2009 in City on Page B6 Samuel Lindsay-Brown’s popularity in the sport of extreme mountain-biking led to wide attention when he committed suicide in Spokane County Jail in February. Since then, Lindsay-Brown’s story has been told …

• Cartels stretching tribal police

  November 20, 2009 in City on Page A7 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Matt Haney, police chief of the Colville Confederated Tribes, has two officers by day and three by night to patrol the 2,275 square miles of reservation under … 5

• Tribal police: Cartels drive reservations’ drug problems

  November 19, 2009 in Nation/World, City Matt Haney, police chief of the Colville Confederated Tribes, has two officers by day and three by night to patrol the 2,275 square miles of reservation under his jurisdiction. 1

• Arrested Canadians toted pot in duffels, agents say

  November 4, 2009 in City on Page A5 Two Canadian men face drug charges in U.S District Court after being caught near the border this week with what federal agents described as eight duffel bags of marijuana. William …

• Two arrested after DEA finds pot near border

  November 3, 2009 in City Two Canadian men face drug charges in U.S District Court after federal agents say they were caught near the border with eight duffel bags of marijuana Sunday night. 1

• Homicide victim’s roommate arrested on drug charge

  October 27, 2009 in City The roommate of a man found dead near Green Bluff last week has been arrested on a felony drug charge.

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  Probe connects homicide victim to pot ring

  October 27, 2009 in City on Page A1 The man found shot to death near Green Bluff last week had been involved in a large marijuana operation for several years and had just paid off an $85,000 debt … 2

• Homicide victim linked to drug ring

  October 26, 2009 in News The man found shot to death near Green Bluff last week had been involved in a large marijuana operation for several years and had just paid off an $85,000 debt … 5

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